Costs and resource use of community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease in Japan: 18-month results from the GERAS-J study.

Miharu NakanishiAtaru IgarashiKaname UedaAlan J M BrnabicTaka MatsumuraKenichi MeguroMasahito YamadaMasaru MimuraHeii AraiTamas Treuer

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2021)

Total treatment costs increased with AD severity over 18 months due to increases in both patient social care costs and caregiver informal care costs. Our data suggest current social care services in Japan are insufficient to alleviate the negative impact of AD on caregiver burden.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
community dwelling
quality improvement
mental health
primary care
pain management
machine learning
risk factors
chronic pain
deep learning